UpFront

The toll on CA firefighters; Our state budget; A look at SCOTUS’ summer of 2022; Plus, Y-Vonne Hutchinson’s How To Talk To Your Boss About Race

CA wildfires have had debilitating effects of firefighters, according to CalMatters reporter Julie Cart | pxhere

0:08 – Rounding up what’s happened recently and what’s still to come at the Supreme Court. The heavily anticipated decision on Roe v Wade hasn’t come down yet, but there have been some other significant rulings. We discuss the latest and preview what’s to come with Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC), a legal analyst and Supreme Court Correspondent for Slate magazine.

0:33 – We catch up with Y-Vonne Hutchinson (@hutchamachutch), CEO and founder of ReadySet, one of the country’s leading diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firms. Her new book is How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: Speaking Up Without Getting Shut Down.

1:08 – Exploring California’s proposed budgets, and the difference between our State Senate’s budget proposal and that of the governor, we speak with Alexei Kossef (@akoseff), the state capitol reporter for non-profit newsroom CalMatters.

1:33 – Fighting California’s wildfires has had a heavy toll on firefighters. We are joined by Julie Cart (@julie_cart), environment reporter for the non-profit newsroom CalMatters, who just published a new series on the incredibly high rates of PTSD, substance abuse, depression, and quitting, among employees of CalFire.